THE ROSE. 213 



' Cum. rosam viderit, tune incipere ver arbitrator.' 



CICERO. 



The Roman guests at feasts and entertainments 

 adorned their heads with it, as < convivae rosis coro- 

 nabantur;' thus Horace: 



' Mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum 

 sera moretur.' 



Again : 



4 Hue vina, et unguenta, et nimium breves 

 Flores amaense ferre jube rosae.* 



And again in another place : 



( Cur nou sub alta vel platano, vel hac 

 Firm jacentes sic temere, et rosa 



Canos odorati capillos 

 Dum licet, Assyriaque nardo 

 Potamus uncti ? Dissipat Evius 

 Curas edaces.' 



Persons when probably ill and anxious to live, 

 used to express themselves thus, ' I hope I shall live 

 to gather roses another year :' 



' Alias tractare rosas.' JUVENAL. 



Ovid makes mention of ' ameena rosaria; 1 and Vir- 

 gil, while living in retirement at Parthenope, in the 

 south of Italy, which was soon after pulled down, 

 and rebuilt under the name of Neapolis, or new city, 

 now called Naples : 



